Child services Keeping Up with the Kardashians

The constant surveillance of reality-TV cameras, mandatory eyebrow threading, a lifetime spent in the shadow of Kim Kardashian’s butt: surely, all those things are some form of abuse. But are they grounds for calling child services?

Because the Kardashians are under investigation, TMZ reports, after an anonymous tipster alerted the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services Friday.

The claim: 16-year-old Kendall and 15-year-old Kylie Jenner, the youngest representatives of the Kardashian brand, are in some sort of undisclosed peril. And after receiving a first visit from authorities, mom Kris Jenner is calling the allegations “ridiculous.” As per the family’s rep, the family is investigating the source of the claim and “will take the necessary legal action so that this does not happen again.”

Police and social workers visited the Kardashian home Friday, a law enforcement rep told RadarOnline, explaining that a follow-up visit would be scheduled before closing the case. “Under California law, anytime a call is made to DCFS (the Department of Children and Family Services) alleging that a minor is in danger, whether of physical or emotional abuse, it must be investigated.”

According to TMZ, authorities found no evidence of abuse during their visit Monday, and the girls’ parents, Kris and Bruce Jenner, were cooperative with the proceedings.

Kylie and Kendall are both teen models, and according to TMZ, Kylie was on a job in the Philippines when child services dropped by Friday. (As one snitch with ties to the family told the site, the allegations are “ridiculous because Kylie wasn’t even in the country the day the caller claimed she was in danger.”)

Both girls, who feature on the family’s reality series Keeping Up With the Kardashians (among others), are home schooled so they can have more time to dedicate to modelling, Instagramming pictures of themselves, etc.

According to TMZ, their mom, Kris, has hired a private investigator to uncover the origins of the “prank.” She suspects the culprit was a tabloid reporter, and not, say, an enterprising producer at the E! Network.